West Africa: Surviving the Sahel – Stories of Resilience in Cameroon’s Far North

The torrential rains that swept through Baléma village in Cameroon’s Far North in 2024, did more than cool the air–they triggered devastating floods. For 75-year-old Mahamat Adoum and his family of eleven, the floods meant the loss of everything: their home, livelihoods, and sense of stability. Forced to flee with little more than hope, they joined thousands of others displaced by one of the worst climate disasters in the region in recent years.

The Far North, already vulnerable due to years of…